diff --git a/independent-projects/resteasy-reactive/common/processor/src/main/java/org/jboss/resteasy/reactive/common/processor/EndpointAnnotationHandler.java b/independent-projects/resteasy-reactive/common/processor/src/main/java/org/jboss/resteasy/reactive/common/processor/EndpointAnnotationHandler.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 38e545b4ababc..0000000000000
--- a/independent-projects/resteasy-reactive/common/processor/src/main/java/org/jboss/resteasy/reactive/common/processor/EndpointAnnotationHandler.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-package org.jboss.resteasy.reactive.common.processor;
-
-import org.jboss.jandex.ClassInfo;
-
-public interface EndpointAnnotationHandler {
-
-    boolean isEndpointAnnotationValid(ClassInfo classInfo);
-
-}
diff --git a/independent-projects/resteasy-reactive/common/processor/src/main/java/org/jboss/resteasy/reactive/common/processor/EndpointIndexer.java b/independent-projects/resteasy-reactive/common/processor/src/main/java/org/jboss/resteasy/reactive/common/processor/EndpointIndexer.java
index 07a1e26da4172..63aa10ffb1b6b 100644
--- a/independent-projects/resteasy-reactive/common/processor/src/main/java/org/jboss/resteasy/reactive/common/processor/EndpointIndexer.java
+++ b/independent-projects/resteasy-reactive/common/processor/src/main/java/org/jboss/resteasy/reactive/common/processor/EndpointIndexer.java
@@ -331,14 +331,13 @@ public Optional<ResourceClass> createEndpoints(ClassInfo classInfo, boolean cons
                     //kinda bogus, but we just ignore failed interfaces for now
                     //they can have methods that are not valid until they are actually extended by a concrete type
                     log.debug("Ignoring interface " + classInfo.name(), e);
-                    return Optional.empty();
                 } else {
                     throw new RuntimeException(e);
                 }
-
             }
+            return Optional.empty();
         }
-        return Optional.empty();
+
     }
 
     private String sanitizePath(String path) {